However, the 65-year-old actor, who played the comic book character in both 2004's "Hellboy" and its 2008 sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," is still not willing to rule the idea, reported Digital Spy.
He admitted that the third adaptation of Mike Mignola's classic comic will "probably will never happen, though you never say never never".
The actor has been interested in bringing the red-skinned hero back to the big screen, and is still frequently to be heard discussing the possibility - while Mignola has almost ruled it out with the same frequency.
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